In an apparent reversal of widely reported comments made this week by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Frank Ocean said Saturday he won't pursue criminal charges against Chris Brown, who's alleged to have punched Ocean in a brawl at a West Hollywood recording studio.

"As a child I thought if someone jumped me it would result in me murdering or mutilating a man," Ocean wrote in a brief post on his Tumblr page. "But as a man I am not a killer. I'm an artist and a modern person. I'll choose sanity. No criminal charges. No civil lawsuit. Forgiveness, albeit difficult, is wisdom. Peace, albeit trite, is what I want in my short life. Peace."